8 Classic Romance Movies Now Starring ‘Twilight’
Characters
With the release of “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part
1,” it’s safe to say that the “Twilight” movies are kind of popular. Or at
least a gazillion fans seem to think so.
And they think Bella, Edward and Jacob are pretty swoon-worthy, too. In fact,
why not just put these three love-torn characters in … every romantic movie
ever made?
We enlisted our friend Old Red Jalopy to recast
eight love stories with the characters from “Twilight.” Brace yourself,
Twi-hards: These romantic movies just got romantic-er.
Breaking Dawn Promo/Premieres November 8 – Rob on ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’- NYC November 9 – Rob on Jimmy Kimmel November 10- Kristen on Jimmy Kimmel November 10 – Rob on ‘The Today Show’ – NYC November 10 – Rob on Regis and Kelly, NYC November 10 – Rob on Jimmy Fallon – NYC November 14 – Los Angeles – World Premiere November 14 – Rob, Kristen and Taylor – Taping of the Ellen Show -LA November 16 – London – UK Premiere – Rob, Taylor, and Bill Condon November 17 – Barcelona – Spanish Premiere – Rob, Taylor, and Bill Condon November 17 – Kristen on Conan O’Brien November 18 – Berlin – German Premiere – Rob, Taylor, and Bill Condon November 18 – Rob, Kristen and Tay on Ellen
As Edward Cullen, Robert Pattinson helped The Twilight Saga: Eclipse shadow its box office competition in the summer of 2010, but he also proved with the $56-million-earning Remember Me that he can do quite well on his own outside of the vampire set. He stars next, opposite Reese Witherspoon, in Water for Elephants, due in theaters on April 22.
#7 Kristen Stewart
The Twilight Saga heroine proved she can rock just as hard as the guys this past summer, earning kudos for her spot-on portrayal of Joan Jett in the rock doc The Runaways, which nabbed nearly $5 million at the box office. Of course, her third turn as Bella Swan in the blockbuster Eclipse didn’t hurt her resume either
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz, Hal Holbrook, Paul Schneider
Directed By: Francis Lawrence
What’s It About? Based on Sara Gruen’s novel, this romance finds veterinary student Jacob (Pattinson) going to work for a circus, where he falls in love with married performer Marlena (Witherspoon).
Why Should You See It? It’s the first big, lavish, swoony, grown-up romance of the year. R-Pattz will do that dreamy, broody thing he does so well (insert joke here about him playing a character named Jacob). Witherspoon will sparkle, and Waltz (as the betrayed husband) will do that scene-stealing, scary slow-burn thing that’s his specialty.
You Might Like It If You Like: The ‘Twilight’ movies, ‘Vanity Fair,’ ‘Big Fish’
After much anticipation, Water for Elephants finally hits theaters this weekend. Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon star in this movie based on the bestselling novel by Sara Gruen about a young man who works in a circus and falls in love with the boss’ wife. It all sounds very scandalous and romantic and it gives us a chance to see what Robert can do in a serious role.
So just how well did he, and everyone else, do? Let’s look at the reviews for Water for Elephants to find out.
This is good sound family entertainment, a safe PG-13 but not a dumb one, and it’s a refreshing interlude before we hurtle into the summer blockbuster season.
Pattinson’s unguarded giggles and grins as he interacts with the elephant are a delight, and Witherspoon, taking on a period-appropriate physique, manages some affecting moments.
Even nonreaders of the book can figure out what happens next. It’s all in the telling. Gruen provided grit and pungent detail. The movie settles for gloss.
Looking 300 per cent better than he did in his last non-”Twilight” outing, “Remember Me,” Pattinson is entirely convincing as Jacob [...]
Hooray for Robert! Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, let’s be honest: most of you know if you’re watching Water for Elephants. So you can stop reading now, get there early, and get a good seat. Enjoy!
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There are lions and tigers, and then there is Robert Pattinson‘s very own “Bear.”
Sipping on coffee with milk on a sunny morning at the Four Seasons, Pattinson describes attempts to housebreak the “German shepherdy-mix” he recently adopted from a shelter in Louisiana. “He’s called Bear,” Pattinson says matter-of-factly.
“I was trying to potty-train him to go on the balcony of the hotel room,” he says. “It was so windy in Vancouver, the door slammed in his face, and I was just like, nooo.” He sighs: Before Bear was adopted, the pup was found in a trash can outside a bar and has since almost had a run-in with a wolf and a seagull in Vancouver. “He’s got a door phobia anyway.”
Clad in a plaid button-down and jeans, and minus screaming fans, paparazzi, managers and studio minders, Pattinson lets go of his shyness in the time it takes to recap an “unbearably irritating” game of Words With Friends. It’s only in front of a video camera later that he noticeably shrinks, adopting a hunch that matches his quick-to-draw sheepish grin. But one-on-one, conversation spins like cotton candy as Pattinson, 24, discusses hanging up his trademark vampire fangs for the 1930s-set Big Top world of Water for Elephants, a movie he calls “definitely bigger” than any other he has done outside the Twilight franchise.
In Water for Elephants, which hits theaters Friday and is based on the best-selling book by Sara Gruen, Pattinson plays Jacob, a veterinary student who abandons his studies and jumps aboard a steam train for the Benzini Bros. roughshod circus. Jacob quickly falls for star performer Marlena (Reese Witherspoon), who is trapped in a marriage with the circus owner (Christoph Waltz).
Blame it all on the selling power of an gentle giant named Tai.
Cowboys and trains
Director Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend) banked on Pattinson’s love of animals to sell him on the script.
“The first time I met (Lawrence), we went to meet Tai the elephant at her house,” says Pattinson of the 42-year-old elephant who plays lumbering Rosie, the Benzini Bros. main act. Tai showed off tricks the studio originally thought could be accomplished only by a computer-generated elephant.
Charmed, Pattinson read the script on the ride back. Plus, “I always wanted to do something in the ’30s in America,” he says. “It’s kind of my idea of what America really is, that period, kind of the best time to be in America. You’re still kind of a cowboy, but there’s this huge energy. The future was being created then.”
The love triangle complete, Pattinson, Witherspoon and Waltz headed for Piru, Calif., where the desert set was bursting with circus tents, steam trains, hundreds of extras, spangled costumes, circus performers and animals. “There was something about the ruggedness of it, which I hadn’t really done,” Pattinson says.
Lawrence saw immediate chemistry between Pattinson and Witherspoon. “I think he’s never been quite as charming as he’s been in this,” he says. “I think he feels like a real leading man.”
The film put a newly clean-cut Pattinson in the center ring with two Academy Award winners (Witherspoon for 2005′s Walk the Line and Waltz for 2009′s Inglourius Basterds) and a coterie of more than 600 animals. “I’m sure Rob had some insecurities coming up into scenes against Christoph and Reese, but he never showed it,” Lawrence says. “I think he watched and learned and listened.”
And there were distractions. Witherspoon, who occasionally brought her kids to the zoolike set, laughs as she talks about Tai following Pattinson “sort of like man’s best friend — even though she’s 9,000 pounds.” Pattinson recounts “insane” days, including one when the script finds Waltz taunting Pattinson to hand-feed a hungry lion. Pattinson opens the cage, and the lion pounces.
“We did the first take, and sure enough, the lion just ripped the (prosthetic) arm in and wouldn’t give it back,” Pattinson says. “He didn’t even care about the meat. He just wanted to eat the fake arm. I was absolutely terrified.”
“Both Rob and Christoph coined the term ‘no acting required’ in the lion scenes,” Lawrence adds with a chuckle. “You didn’t have to pretend to be afraid when you were around the lion.”
Scarier still was the scene where Pattinson is knocked down by a stallion. “That was terrifying,” says the actor, who admits to a fear of horses.
In Elephants, Pattinson’s name receives equal billing with Witherspoon and Waltz, a nod to his international success with filmgoers.
Yet this is not the first time Pattinson has worked with Witherspoon; seven years (and a pop-culture lifetime) ago, Pattinson was an unknown fresh from the U.K. who scored a role as Witherspoon’s, uh, son in 2004′s Vanity Fair. His role ended up on the cutting-room floor.
Pattinson acknowledges how far he has come. “It’s such a different world, for me especially,” he says. “Then, I literally got (the role) by accident. I got an agent. A week later, I got that job.”
“He was very young, like 17 or 18,” says Witherspoon, who describes him today as “very quiet and introverted” and uninterested in fame.
As The Twilight Saga comes to a close with the two-part feature Breaking Dawn (based on the last book in the Stephenie Meyer series), the question looms as to whether the public is willing to pay to see Pattinson play anyone besides vampire Edward Cullen.
Lawrence acknowledges that the majority of the country knows Pattinson as Edward. “He definitely has more to offer than just what he does in that role,” he says. But “when you head up a big franchise like that, that becomes so popular and the characters become kind of iconic … it’s tricky to break out of that.”
Especially as those films continue to make money. The Twilight films, including New Moon and Eclipse, have made more than $1.8 billion worldwide. In his months off, Pattinson began to expand his résumé, first with last year’s romantic drama Remember Me.
Elephants “is arguably a better vehicle for Robert Pattinson than Remember Me was, which was arguably a box-office flop,” making roughly $19 million in the USA, says Box Office Mojo analyst Brandon Gray. (Eclipse made more than $300 million in the USA.) “This will be a good test of Robert Pattinson’s bankability.”
The actor is not immune to the criticism. “I always see these things like, ‘Can he act or not?,’ ” he says. “It’s like, I’m nothing like Edward. What do you think I’m doing in that?” He dissolves into laughter, gesturing with this hands. “So (when a new role arises), everyone’s like ‘It’s very different.’ ”
‘Breaking Dawn,’ breaking out
He just wrapped Breaking Dawn‘s final chapter. “It’s completely nuts,” he says. “There are some days on set just watching you go, ‘How is this going to be PG-13?’ ” He laughs. “The whole first movie is like a straight-up horror film.”
Summit Entertainment is releasing Breaking Dawn, Part 1 this November, but Part 2 will not be released until November 2012. Meaning, no matter what other projects Pattinson takes on, the fandom and furor that surround the franchise are Pattinson’s to keep until roughly early 2013.
Would he do a franchise again? “Only if I could have a lot of say in the development of it,” he replies, noting the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” creative mentality of the series.
The spotlight is just as hotly focused on Pattinson’s relationship with girlfriend and Twilight series co-star Kristen Stewart, 21. “I try my best to avoid it happening by never being seen or not saying anything stupid in interviews, but it doesn’t seem to matter,” he says of the rumors and headlines about them.
But his Elephants co-star says his life is more normal than it looks. “He’s very much a 24-year-old guy who has a girlfriend and is enjoying himself and his friends,” Witherspoon says.
It’s hard to convince the fans of that: When paparazzi caught Pattinson kissing Stewart last week after the Elephants premiere, the blogosphere exploded.
“I just don’t like it,” Pattinson says; the rabid attention has forced him to unload his L.A. home and instead live out of hotels. “That’s not part of my job. It’s embarrassing, people using your life as entertainment.
“If people are already using your life as entertainment and they get their fill in magazines, they’re never going to see your movies.”
Aside from answering an interviewer’s question, he vents only to his parents. “They always think I’m completely depressed because I don’t really say it to anyone else. So they always think (being famous) is the most miserable experience in the world. They’re funny. Whenever I sort of complain about it, they go, ‘Well, just quit. What are you talking about, if you hate it so much?’ ”
Cue his explosively hot career.
“You’ve just got to remember why you’re doing it in the first place — which is quite hard sometimes,” he says, chatting about his next projects, Cosmopolis with Paul Giamatti, “a departure from everything I’ve done,” and period piece Bel Ami, which has no release date set.
And so the circus, aided by a bit of technology, must go on.
“The only time I ever follow Twitter is if I’m in a restaurant or something, just before I leave, to see if people are waiting outside. It does make you a bit of a loser, especially when someone asks you, ‘Hey, you want to go to dinner at this place?’ and I’m like, ‘Can we have dinner at this (other) place? It has three exits.’ ”
Robert Pattinson has nothing but love for his recent experience on the set of “Water for Elephants,” director Francis Lawrence’s adaptation of the popular novel that’s set to open in theaters Friday. It was a far cry from his current job, finishing the grueling six-month shoot for the back-to-back filming of the last two “Twilight” films, based on Stephenie Meyer’s final book in her bestselling series of young adult novels, “Breaking Dawn.”
Pattinson took a moment for a brief phone interview before he was needed on the set of a night shoot for the vampire mega-hit. He seemed downright exhausted. “I’m just arriving at set, thinking I’m going to work all night,” he said. “I’m kinda losing my mind.”
Question: Sorry to hear you’re so exhausted. Can you tell us what your time was like on “Elephants,” with Reese Witherspoon?
Pattinson: It’s easily one of the best experiences I’ve had making a film and it’s by far one of the best experiences in my life. It didn’t even feel like work and a lot of that had to do with Reese. She makes an effort to make it like that. I think she believes that it’s really important to enjoy your work, especially when you have to be there for so many hours every day. I made a great friend out of it.
Question: How did working with the animals impact the environment?
Pattinson: When you have totally unpredictable elements, and there are dangerous elements in every single scene, everyone is in the same boat. If you’re trying to herd up a pack of horses, it doesn’t matter who you are. There is manure everywhere and everyone was filthy all the time. It was an egalitarian set because of that. It’s quite inspiring to be around [the elephant]. It doesn’t really matter what your taste is, everyone is going to like being around an elephant. It’s not like being around another actor some people may not like.
Question: Reese mentioned that she found the paparazzi attention on you unlike anything she’s seen before. What do you think?
Pattinson: She’s trying to sound humble about all this but she’s in all these magazines every week. It’s a circus outside her marriage. Plus, I always see her [in them] buying her sandwiches and going to yoga…. I guess she’s kind of accepted it in a lot of ways…. It’s just a strange situation to be in if you’re a sane person to have that kind of attention put on you.
Water for Elephants has quite a lot going for it. It’s based on the best-selling novel by Sara Gruen, so that gives it a built-in audience. Add to that the fact that any director would kill to have the film’s three leads, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson and Christoph Waltz, and you have what looks like a hit. Elephants is bound to appeal more to moviegoers aged 25+, and that means there may not be a huge opening weekend rush. Expect the film to show decent legs even as Fast Five and Thor begin to dominate multiplexes in the weeks to come.
Online buzz is surprisingly strong for Elephants. The drama leads all unreleased films with a 17.24% market share of online opinions. The presence of Robert Pattinson certainly accounts for a lot out of those comments.
On Facebook, Water for Elephants‘ most active page has added nearly 50,000 new supporters since early Monday morning. That’s a very healthy number for a drama aimed at adults. Twitter activity is also very strong. Water for Elephants is inspiring more tweets than Remember Me and Charlie St. Cloud.
Fandango is reporting that Water for Elephants accounts for 10% of daily sales. That impressive figure could jump even higher tomorrow as more couples plan for the weekend.
Expect Water for Elephants to take in $18 million from about 2,700 locations during its debut frame.
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Robert Pattinson, 2009
“The demand for getting things right with Pattinson—getting the lips right, the beard right—is important because all the character he has in his classic ‘I’ve seen it all before’ look is made up of all those constituent parts. A friend of mine stopped by and said, ’There’s a subliminal message in his beard, but I can’t make it out.’ There isn’t [laughs].”
Kristen Stewart, 2010
“I think the easiest one right off the bat was Kristen because of her relationship with Pattinson; plus, New Moon and Twilight were such a success. And just at that time she was hitting it big with The Runaways with Dakota Fanning. The Runaways was kind of a great but wasted opportunity, because the film was horribly directed and terribly shot, but their performances isolated from that were great.”
Robert Pattinson will join Twilight Saga co-stars Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner at tomorrow night’s People’s Choice Awards, a rep for the show confirms to Gossip Cop.
The ceremony’s expansive guest list also includes like Taylor Swift, Natalie Portman, Katy Perry, Zac Efron and dozens of other celebs.
It will be broadcast live from the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles at 9:00 p.m. on CBS.
Live Streaming Info
The 2011 award season officially kicks off tomorrow with the People’s Choice Awards, and Popsugar are going to be broadcasting LIVE from the red carpet and backstage during the show! (Kate: We’ll embed it on the blog for you tomorrow, so that you’ll be able to watch it right here )
1. Aaron Johnson
2. Douglas Booth
3. Nicholas Hoult 4. Robert Pattinson 5. Prince Harry
6. David Furnish
7. Tom Ford
8. Alex James
9. Jenson Button
10. Bill Nighy
11. David Walliams
12. Matt Smith
13. Dominic Cooper
14. Patrick Grant
15. Tinie Tempah
16. David Beckham
17. David Gandy
18. Adrien Sauvage
19. George Lamb
20. David Cameron
21. Sir Elton John
22. Ben Barnes
23. Theo Hutchcraft of Hurts
24. Tom Hardy
25. William Gilchrist
26. Romeo Beckham
27. Prince William
28. Ray Winstone
29. Jude Law
30. Jarvis Cocker
Source: By Daily Mail Reporter
As other Hollywood celebs were living it up around the globe, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart opted for a low-key New Year’s Eve and celebrated in a small pub on the Isle of Wight.
The Hollywood couple shunned the glitz and glamour opting to ring in the New Year at The Spyglass Inn in Ventnor.
Robert, 24, and Kristen, 20, enjoyed a night surrounded by friends, drinking, singing and posing for pictures with star-struck fans.
Happy fan: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart celebrated New Year’s Eve in The Spyglass pub and posed for pictures with Hattie Bury
The family pub, which sits on the Ventnor Esplanade, is a favourite haunt for the couple who celebrated New Year’s Eve there last year.
One onlooker told local reporters: ‘We were hoping they would come back to the pub again this year and when they walked through the door no-one could quite believe it.
‘They seemed like a really sweet, down to earth couple with no airs or graces. There was a live band playing and they were bopping along to the music and enjoying themselves.
Partying with the people: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart joined revelers at The Spyglass Inn on The Isle of Wight
Good times: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart chatted to friends and fans and were also seen singing as the New Year arrived
‘Robert looked as if he was drinking some sort of short and then they went out on to the seafront for a while.
Robert was dressed in a black hooded jumper and leather jacket and wore a black hat.
Kristen also rugged up in black, perhaps in an attempt to avoid attention and the couple’s relaxed attire mirrored the informal celebrations.
The couple seemed happy to chat to fans and posed for a picture with aspiring actress Hattie Bury.
Picturesque: The Spyglass pub in Vetnor where Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson have spent two consecutive New Year’s Eves in a row.
Many excited revelers took to Twitter to announce their sightings of the Hollywood couple who are nicknamed Robsten by fans.
The couple returned to the pub yesterday for New Year’s Day lunch with a number of friends but were followed by photographers.
New Years Eve Kiss on the Isle of Wright in Lodon.
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“I have never made any comments here before but felt I should as I was there. The Lobster Pot is our local pub and we go there every New Years Eve, we saw Rob and Kristen last year and when they came into the pub they looked over and said hello as though they remembered us, (I doubt very much they did) but it made us feel kind of nice. Anyway, they are kissing, it didn’t last long but my friend and I both sighed. Trouble is I think now the papz have got wind of their destination, I don’t think they’ll come back. Apparently the police were called at another place they visited because about 300 fans and dozens of photographers had the cafe surrounded. They are such nice people, no airs and graces at all and Kristen, despite all the bad press is so friendly. Rob said, see you all next year, before they left. i just hope they do.”
In what planet did you watch this movie? Because from where I was setting it came in #1. Any movie with Robert Pattinson will always be on top in my book. And Where was “Remember Me?” That one should have been #2. Clearly I need a job as a film critic next year. Teach them how its done.
49. ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’
We know what you’re thinking: ‘Twilight’? Really?! But before you judge, hear us out: While it didn’t exactly reinvent ‘Citizen Kane,’ at the end of the day, ‘Eclipse’ was a pretty fun time at the movies. Sure, it had its fair share of ‘Twilight’ trappings, and we still think Bella would have been better off with Jacob, not Edward. But as an action-thriller, ‘Eclipse’ totally worked. (The scene in which Bryce Dallas Howard gets her head smashed? Awesome.) If ever there was a time to embrace ‘The Twilight Saga,’ it would be 2010. — Andy Scott
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